🚨 Microsoft's new "Recall" feature is a privacy nightmare. Always-on screenshot capture, closed-source AI analysis, invasive data collection with questionable controls - all impossible for researchers to independently audit.
Users should avoid Recall entirely until it allows 3rd-party audits. This could drive many to switch to Linux.
What are your thoughts on the privacy implications of invasive AI features like Recall?
Oppressive regimes control & selectively remove media coverage, SM..., that keep them accountable. Netanyahu may be covering up more war crimes:
Israeli officials seize AP EQP & take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law. The QA satellite channel is among 1000s of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP & other news orgs. The AP denounced the move.
Months after B.C.’s #PayTransparencyAct came into effect, some B.C. companies are still dragging their heels when it comes to compliance.
The new #legislation requires that, as of Nov. 1, all provincially regulated employers in B.C. must include the expected salary range in publicly advertised positions.
🇩🇪 Meilenstein für Transparenz und Pressefreiheit: Britischer High Court lässt die Berufung von Wikileaks-Gründer Julian #Assange gegen seine Auslieferung an die USA zu, weil zweifelhaft ist, ob seine Meinungsfreiheit in den USA überhaupt geschützt ist.
Die heutige Gerichtsentscheidung gibt Hoffnung, dass europäische Menschenrechte und Gerichte die Aufdeckung von Unrecht, Machtmissbrauch, Korruption und Kriegsverbrechen schützen, ohne Freund und Feind mit zweierlei Maßstäben zu messen. Ich wünsche mir, dass aus der von den USA gewollten Abschreckung von Whistleblowern und Journalisten weltweit ihre Ermutigung durch ein Grundsatzurteil wird.
Gleich um 15 Uhr veranstalte ich ein Webinar mit Rechtsanwalt Sören Schomburg aus Assanges Verteidigungsteam und Marie Wasilewski als Sprecherin des Aktivistenbündnisses FreeAssange.EU, um über die Gerichtsentscheidung und die nächsten Schritte zu sprechen - schaut zu! https://peertube.european-pirates.eu/w/qJosg7swHC3qRTvtJX1U2s
🇬🇧The British High Court today allowed Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange's appeal against his extradition to the US. This decision gives hope that European human rights and courts will protect the exposure of injustice, abuses of power, corruption and war crimes without applying double standards to friend and foe. I hope that instead of deterring whistleblowers and journalists worldwide, as intended by the USA, they will be encouraged by the US changing its mind, or a landmark judgement at the end of proceedings.
The fact that EU Commission President von der Leyen remains silent on the case is shameful, but indicative of the mother of #chatcontrol plans, who wants to keep her own official text messages with pharmaceutical companies secret. For me as a Pirate, #transparency of government action is the indispensable basis of any democracy.
The tool adds a layer of transparency to Canada's opaque #captive#wildlife problem. Documenting instances of #zoonotic#disease outbreaks, escapes, attacks and more, the tool is the most comprehensive #database to date by any organization or government in Canada.
A cabal of notorious and/or legendary #european#legislative#transparency orgs and people is looking for someone who can build an #online#platform. Are you made of the material that is worthy of joining this Oceans eleven of democratic badassery? Do you know someone? Pls boost #fedihire#development
U.S. #airlines are suing to block the #Biden administration from requiring greater #transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process.
Can't Buy My Silence, a group that campaigns for legal changes related to misuse of nondisclosure agreements, estimates that 95 per cent of civil suit settlements in Canada now include one. Those cases range from lawsuits over bad investment advice to insurance claims, real estate disputes, building construction defects, sexual harassment cases and more.
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In matter of transparency, I've posted a detailed report of The Gamer's Tavern's monthly costs and services here: https://ko-fi.com/the_gamers_tavern
Thank you :drac_heart:
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🇬🇧 On #PressFreedomDay, it's a disgrace for the West that Julian #Assange remains in prison for his unwelcome revelations!
"Intimidating the press is to keep us ignorant" Stella Assange told me. Only #transparency will allow us to control those in power!
#ML#Science#Transparency#Reproducibility: "Machine learning (ML) methods are proliferating in scientific research. However, the adoption of these methods has been accompanied by failures of validity, reproducibility, and generalizability. These failures can hinder scientific progress, lead to false consensus around invalid claims, and undermine the credibility of ML-based science. ML methods are often applied and fail in similar ways across disciplines. Motivated by this observation, our goal is to provide clear recommendations for conducting and reporting ML-based science. Drawing from an extensive review of past literature, we present the REFORMS checklist (recommendations for machine-learning-based science). It consists of 32 questions and a paired set of guidelines. REFORMS was developed on the basis of a consensus of 19 researchers across computer science, data science, mathematics, social sciences, and biomedical sciences. REFORMS can serve as a resource for researchers when designing and implementing a study, for referees when reviewing papers, and for journals when enforcing standards for transparency and reproducibility." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk3452
Prominent academic publishers agreed that #ChatGPT and Co. should not be listed as the author of a scientific paper, as AI is not responsible for the content. Did everyone listen? We conducted a search in WoS and Scopus and found 14 papers with ChatGPT as the "author":
National Security threat assessment leads to protection visa cancellation:
“What risk does an 68-year-old Palestinian woman with diabetes, reliant on the care of others, pose to our national security?” questions Australia Palestine Advocacy Network.
🇬🇧 We call for #transparency in the EU Commission's #DigitalServicesAct enforcement actions against internet platforms - do they respect fundamental rights and freedom of speech or do they encourage censorship and #uploadfilters? Let's guard the guards! #Pirates
With Pessach cleanup you figure why the ingredients are listed on stuff. Because they MUST BE, not because they WANT TO.
sigh (gets the magnifier glas)
With #IzzyOnDroid that's the other way around. There they are listed for #transparency (see the library section for each APK at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid). Unfortunately, no way (yet) to transport that to the Android clients…
Absolutely, transparency and accountability are essential for a healthy democracy. How can we ensure that all elections are fair and free from fraud? #democracy#transparency
"Completely agree! One way to ensure fair and fraud-free elections is by implementing secure voting systems, independent oversight, and promoting voter education and participation. Together, we can strengthen our democracy. #democracy#transparency"
Federal Judge Rules That ProPublica’s Lawsuit Over #Military Court Access Should Move Forward
The U.S. government lost its bid to dismiss part of the #lawsuit, which would force the military to comply with a #law meant to make the military justice system more transparent.